Hacker News with Generative AI: Entertainment Industry

L.A. Soundstage Occupancy Drops to New Low of 63% with No Signs of Improvement (variety.com)
Soundstage occupancy in Los Angeles, which was in the 90% percentile from 2016-2022, fell to 63% in 2024.
Los Angeles, Entertainment Industry, Soundstages, Economy
7 points by ilamont 5 hours ago | 0 comments
Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that (nplusonemag.com)
Until recently no Hollywood studio had ever released two movies with the same name at the same time. At most studios, such a strategy would be unthinkable. Audiences might accidentally buy tickets to the wrong film, and the PR fallout would be disastrous: snipes from trade-magazine writers; angry calls from investors questioning the studios’ business acumen; angrier calls from agents demanding to know why their clients’ images were being intentionally sabotaged.
Movies, Entertainment Industry, Hollywood, Marketing, Business
14 points by thunderbong 97 days ago | 11 comments
The Military-Entertainment Complex Is Bigger Than You Realize (jacobin.com)
The release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 offers a timely lens into the US military’s entanglement with the entertainment industries. The practice has a long history, stretching back to Top Gun, Rambo, and the anti-communist films of the McCarthyist period.
Military, Entertainment Industry, Politics, Media, History
5 points by hackandthink 173 days ago | 0 comments